Scientific Neighborhood Councils
NURTURE’s Scientific Neighborhood Councils cultivate administrative, mentorship, and research infrastructure that allow their respective scientific neighborhoods to flourish. Scientific Neighborhood Council members work closely with the Faculty Recruitment Ambassadors throughout the faculty search and hiring process. The membership of each Scientific Neighborhood Council is below (updated April 2024).
Cancer
- Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD, Professor of Urology (Council Co-chair)
- Dave Cella, PhD, Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Council Co-chair)
- Vadim Backman, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Navdeep Chandel, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical care)
- Kathleen Green, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
- Maha Hussain, MBChB, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
- Amy Paller, MD, Professor of Dermatology
- Leon Platanias, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
- Ali Shilatifard, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Betina Yanez, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences
- Patricia Robinson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
- MPI Representative: Melissa Simon, MD MPH, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cardiovascular
- Guillermo Ameer, DSc Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery (Council Tri-chair)
- Guillermo Oliver, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Nephrology & Hypertension) (Council Tri-chair)
- Susan Quaggin, MD, Professor of Medicine (Nephrology & Hypertension) (Council Tri-chair)
- Ron Ackermann, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Hossein Ardehali, MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
- Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology
- Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, Professor of Preventive Medicine
- Igor Efimov, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Charlesnika Tyon Evans, PhD, Professor of Preventive Medicine
- Daniel Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology
- Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine
- Michael Markl, PhD, Professor of Cardiac Imaging and Professor of Radiology
- Douglas Vaughn, MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
- MPI Representative: Clyde Yancy, MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Brain, Mind and Behavior
- Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Council Tri-chair)
- Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology (Council Tri-chair)
- Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Council Tri-chair)
- David Mohr, PhD, Professor of Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine)
- Brian Mustanski, PhD, Professor of Medical Social Sciences
- Dalton James Surmeier, PhD, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience
- Darius Tandon, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences
- John Walkup, MD, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Lesli E. Skolarus, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology (Vascular Neurology)
- Stew Shankman, PhD, Chief of Psychology within Psychiatry
- Matthew C Tresch, PhD, Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Feyce Peralta, MD, MS, FASA, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
- Tiffany Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology
- John Disterhoft, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience
- Robin Nusslock, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, and appointments in Neurology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry
- Thomas Bozza, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology
- Anis Contractor, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Elizabeth R Alpern, MD, MSCE, Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
- MPI Representative: Eric Perreault, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering